MCNY - Changing the Face of Democracy Shirley Chisholm at 100
Sat, May 17
|Museum of the City of New York
Celebrate a century of Shirley Chisholm—trailblazer, truth-teller, and political icon—at the first major museum exhibition honoring her life and legacy.
Time & Location
May 17, 2025, 7:00 PM – Jul 20, 2025, 11:00 PM
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 5th Ave, New York, NY 10029, USA
About the event
To mark the centennial of the birth of Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005), the Museum of the City of New York, in partnership with the Shirley Chisholm Project at Brooklyn College, presents the first major museum exhibition dedicated to her transformative life and legacy. As the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first woman to seek the U.S. presidency on a major party ticket, Chisholm reshaped American politics with unmatched courage and conviction.
This exhibition traces Chisholm’s path from her formative years in Brooklyn and Barbados to her rise as a national force for equity, education, and civil rights. Set against the backdrop of New York’s Caribbean communities, Black women’s activism, and grassroots political networks, the exhibition explores key moments in her political journey—her 1964 election to the NY State Assembly, her historic 1968 win in Congress, and her 1972 presidential run.
Visitors will experience Chisholm’s world through powerful imagery, rare artifacts, archival…